Geometric sequence
Given the geometric sequence: 3,6,12,24,...Find the common ratio (R). Write the explicit formula, and calculate A(10).
Answer:
What is: A(N) = 3 x 2^(N-1) Term 10: 21
Given the Arithmetic Sequence: 50, 44, 38, 32...
What is the common difference (d), write the explicit formula, and calculate A(25)
Answer:
What is: An=50 + (-6)(N-1) Term 25: -94
Identify the name of the movie based on the emoji's below:
Guess: 🌀🤡
Answer:
What is: Saw, or any of the saw movies
If incorrect, one player from the team must sing a verse from their favorite song, if they refuse half of your team's points will be split evenly amongst the rest of the teams
Guess the staff member based on the emoji:
🍚 💀
Answer:
What is: Ms. Whitehead
What factor 2 Defining factors identify a sequence as Arithmetic?
Answer:
What is: If you are increasing or decreasing using addition, and the placement of (N-1) after the rate of change
Given the geometric sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54,...Find the common ratio (R). Write the explicit formula, and calculate A(11).
Answer:
What is: 2 x 3^(N-1) Term(11): 60
Given the Arithmetic Sequence: 100, 85, 70, 55, ...
What is the common difference (d), write the explicit formula, and calculate A(22)
Answer:
What is: An= 100 + (-15)(N-1) Term 22 = -215
If correct, pick one student from another table to do a tik-tok dance, if they refuse, add their score to your own.
Identify the name of the movie based on the emoji's below:
Guess:☃️❄️👸🏼
Answer:
What is: Frozen or Frozen 2
Guess the staff member based on the emoji:
🌚 🌑
Answer:
Who is: Mrs. Knight
What factor 2 Defining factors identify a sequence as Arithmetic?
Answer:
What is: If you are increasing or decreasing using multiplication, and the placement of (N-1) in the exponent spot
Extra 100 points if they mention multiplying by the reciprocal
Given the geometric sequence: 1024, 512, 256, 128,...Find the common ratio (R). Write the explicit formula, and calculate A(9).
Answer:
What is: 1024 x (1/2)^(N-1) Term(9):4
Given the Arithmetic Sequence: 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2 ...
What is the common difference (d), write the explicit formula, and calculate A(40)
Answer:
What is: An=1/2 + 1/2 (N-1) Term 40: 20.5
If correct, choose one player from your team to compete in a push-up contest, first to complete 15 wins. Winning team gets half the losing teams points. (Match-up Subject to Mr. Halstead/Ms. Sosa's Approval)
Identify the name of the movie based on the emoji's below:
Guess:👨🏼🤝👨🏻🏠🥊
Answer:
What is: Step Brothers
Guess the staff member based on the emoji:
🚢 🛥️
Answer:
Who is: Ms Cruz
What is the difference between (N) vs. (N-1)?
Answer:
What is: (N) implies that we are starting our table at 0term, while (N-1) implies that we are starting our table at 1st term.
Given the geometric sequence: 5, -15, 45, -135,...Find the common ratio (R). Write the explicit formula, and calculate A(8).
Answer:
What is: 5 x -3^(N-1) Term(8)= -105
Given the Arithmetic Sequence: -12, -5, 3, 9 ...
What is the common difference (d), write the explicit formula, and calculate A(31)
Answer:
What is: An=-12 + 7(N-1) Term 31: 198
If correct, have the tallest player on your team face the smallest player on another team in a balancing competition. Whoever can balance on one leg longest wins 20% of the other teams points.
Identify the name of the movie based on the emoji's below:
Guess:🦊🐰👮♀️🚓
Answer:
What is: Zootopia
Guess the staff member based on the emoji:
🎃👡
Answer:
Who is: Ms. Candy
Given a term in a geometric sequence and the common ratio find the first five terms, and the explicit formula.
Formula: A(1) = 4, R = 5
Answer:
What is: (1 - 4),(2 - 20),(3 - 100),(4 - 500), (5 - 2500)
Explicit Formula: 4 x 5^(N-1)
^ = Exponent
If correct, the oldest student on the team will face the youngest member of a team in a best of 3 rock paper scissors match, winner takes 10% of the losers points.
Given the geometric sequence: -4, 8,-16, 32,...Find the common ratio (R). Write the explicit formula, and calculate A(12).
Answer:
What is: -4 x (-2)^(N-1) Term(12): 88
Given the Arithmetic Sequence: 3.5, 4.7, 5.9, 7.1...
What is the common difference (d), write the explicit formula, and calculate A(15)
Answer:
What is: An = 3.5 + 1.2(N-1) Term 15: 20.3
Identify the name of the movie based on the emoji's below:
Guess:🎤✨⚔️😈
Answer:
What is: K-Pop Demon Hunters
If correct, choose someone from another team to name songs from the movie, gain 50 points per song you can come up with.
Guess the staff member based on the emoji:
🌨️ ⛷️
What is: Mr. Haile
Given the first term and the common ratio of a geometric sequence find the first five terms and the explicit formula.
Explicit Formula: A(1) = 0.8, R = −5
Answer:
What is: (1 / .8),(2 / -4),(3 / 20),(4 / -100),(5 / 500)
Explicit Equation: A(N) = .8 x -5^(N-1)